Crosley Automobile
Club Inc.

1088 Welch Road S.E.
Palm Bay, Florida. 32909

Crosley Automobile Club was
founded
in
1969
and has around 900 members world wide.

The Crosley club helps bring together collectors of
Crosley cars and other products of Powel Crosley. The
club publishes 4 newsletters per year, the Crosley
Quarterly and a roster of members every other year (new
members get most recent roster).

The club sponsors a National meet the second Saturday
in July at the Fulton County
Fair grounds in Wauseon, Ohio (old Exit 3) Exit 34
on the Ohio Turnpike. The show is now 3 days and
officially starts on Thursday, with many showing up on
Tuesday and Wednesday.

Crosley Motors Incorporated had
its
main
office
and
engineering
facility
in
Cincinnati
Ohio,
with
assembly
plants
in
Richmond Indiana (1939-1942) and Marion Indiana
(1946-1952).

The Crosley automobile was the brain child of Powel
Crosley, who had already made his fortune as a radio and
appliance manufacturer, owner of WLW the "Nation's
Station" and the Cincinnati Reds baseball team.

Crosley of the Month

Duane
Gorrell of Iowa has most of the
parts he needs to put together one
of the rarer of the Crosley
variants. This one flies, or at
least did at one time. 1948 Mooney
M18 Mite with Crosley engine. Here
is another angle.
The first 10 (plus one that was a
prototype) were made. All were
recalled back to Mooney Mite is
Wichita, Kansas and had the Crosley
engine replaced with Lycoming
engines after they started breaking
crank’s.

First
thing you notice is the huge
distributor with 8 spark plug wires,
that is because it has spark plugs on
both
sides with a trick rotor
to fire two plugs at once. Here is the
engine tag.
They ran the propeller through multi V
belts off the back of the engine. When
you tighten that belt it puts a big
load on the already fragile crank with
no outboard bearing to carry the load.
Here is a factory photo of the plane
in flight and the engine
mounted in the plane.

11am - Trip to Sauder Village Living
History museum and farm. Excellent restaurant for
lunch. 22611 Route 2 Archibold, Ohio. Bring your
Crosley to display while enjoying the grounds.
Only 10 miles from the fairgrounds.

4pm - FARMO Bingo with Debbie in the Main
Building. Please bring a Crosley related item (not
required) or other interesting items for prizes.

Thursday - July 11th

All Day -Silent Auction - Bring
Crosley related items to donate for club
fundraiser

10am - If you would like to meet with the
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Editor,
Membership Chairman or any of the Board Members,
this would be a great time to find us all in one
place - Main Building. Come and say hello

10am-4pm - Meet registration Main
Building $5 Pre-Registered or $10 at the Meet.

10:30am - Crosley Kids Craft time with
Debbie - Main Building

12:30 - Fulton Manor Nursing Home Cruise.
Display your Crosley, give a brief history to the
residents. 723 Shoop Ave, Wauseon. Meet in front
of Main Building

3pm - Form teams and a strategy for the
Crosley Take-Apart-Car Challenge, Jorn Jensen is
the Team Coach. This is a prerequisite for the
Friday event - Spectators welcome.

4pm - FARMO Bingo with Debbie in the Main
Building. Please bring a Crosley related item (not
required) or other interesting items for prizes.

6pm - Keystone Region - Road Rally. DO
NOT MISS this event! We would love to have 50 or
more Crosleys to cruise down to Tiny's Dairy.

8pm - Fireside chat in the camping area -
Sponsored by Yankee Crosley Parts. Bring a chair
& sit a spell for good conversation. This is a
good time to share your musical talent - Bring
your guitar, banjo etc.

All Day - Ohio Region Trading Post - Main
Building, bring up to 15 parts for consignment, $2
per person plus 10% of the selling price, relax
and let them do the work for you! Cash or Check

All Day - Silent Auction - Bring Crosley
related items to donate for club fundraiser

9:30 - On the field with Jim Welther, he
will organize 15 Crosleys and all the people we
can gather for an Aerial photo of the number 50
for our celebration

10:30am - Crosley Kids Craft time with
Debbie - Main Building

11:30am - Crosley Pinewood Derby directed
by Don Dvornik for ages 5-11 and 12-17. Bring a
car you have previously built or a new one. Prizes
awarded.

1pm - Crosley Car Games on the track.
Directed by Cody. Take-Apart-Car Challenge
followed by the ever popular, “Take me to the
Dance” in a Crosley. Everyone Join in!

5:30 - Annual Banquet - Organized by Al
and Sharon Calvin. This year we will gather in the
Jr. Fair Building (Air Conditioned). This will be
a better than ever buffet style meal, complete
with hors d’oeuvres, drinks and desserts. Pre-Register
Please

Saturday - July 13th

8am-2pm - Meet Registration / Information

8am - Show field open, each owner will be
photographed and directed to the proper class on
the show field. Please enter show field by 10 a.m.

The club is primarily for the support of Crosley vehicle
owners, but welcomes all that are interested in the
products of Powel Crosley. The club also welcomes owners
of the various vehicles that used the Crosley engine such
as the Crofton, Bandini, Devin, Panda, Sabre, Skorpion,
etc. Custom vehicles using any part of the Crosley are
also welcome. A special class for non-automotive Crosley
products such as radios and appliances made by Crosley is
part of our National show and the occasional articles in
the Quarterly.